Master of Arts - Games Arts

1 year: Duration

18,000 GBP: Price

Rolling admission: Start

Rolling admission: Deadline

Master: Degree

Campus: Format

Farnham / United Kingdom: Location

UCA - University for the Creative Arts: School

Program description

A new master's degree program in Games Arts at UCA will help you expand on your prior experience while teaching you the ins and outs of making high-quality art for video games and related fields.

At the brand new School of Games & Creative Technology at UCA Farnham, you will learn to be an ambitious, team leader, planner, and well-rounded game artist while combining theory and practice to create a high-quality games art project. Discover how AI in gaming may improve the user experience and get a head start on the industry's future by studying up on topics like the metaverse, virtual and augmented reality, and the advantages of AI in gaming.

Not only will you hone your technical abilities, but this course delves into research and professional practice in the games business as a whole. This will involve either a creative company start-up or a group professional practice project with students from different games postgraduate degrees.

Program structure

Term one

Launch
Thinking, Prototyping and Practice
Games Research and Professional Contexts 1

Term two

Opportunity
Exploration and Development
Games Research and Professional Contexts 2 (Includes Creative Business Start-up or Collaborative Practice Project option)

In this last unit, you will also choose to undertake one of the following two options:

A collaborative professional practice group project. This is expected to involve groups of students across the games postgraduate portfolio collaborating on a project which may be based on an industry brief.
A creative business start-up component, which is designed to give students from any creative discipline the opportunity to develop an idea, have it evaluated and win a prize. Throughout the process, students will develop their thinking and skills for innovation.

Term three

Games Arts Major Project

Price

Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 18,000 GBP for international students

We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.

Requirements for applicants

If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.

Standard requirements

A good honours degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline
Relevant work experience, demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level

English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:

IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass

Portfolio requirements

For this course we will need to see your portfolio for review. You can either submit a digital portfolio or request an in-person portfolio review with the course team. Further information will be provided once you have applied.

About the university

The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.

Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.

We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.

So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.